Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

<span style="color:red;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:small;">Had it......Loved it.......after years of cutting my own hair with a razor blade (shag) I thought I looked veerryy sleek and sophisticated......I still think it suited me...looking back....</span>

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

I<span style="color:fuchsia;font-family:verdana;font-size:small;"> had it. Gads. I was eight, I liked skating, though my mother threw me in gymnastics, not skating, but she did subject me to the haircut. Oh, and I had an overbite and hadn't had the braces yet. Why didn't someone drown me?

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

I had very fine hair when I was young and as a dancer wore it either long enough to be put up or short enough to just not care. We were modern dancers so I didn't have to worry about "Swan Lake":lol: But around 1982 I wanted something different going from long to short so the guy at the salon with the discount coupon (first big mistake) offered to give me a "Dorothy Hamilton" cut. I guess he meant a short bob with a bald spot When he said I'd need to blow-dry it, I passed so he gave me your basic mullet. My response was one of those "Well, maybe I'll get used to it" deals but as soon as I got home, my boyfriend started laughing and said I looked like Bess Myerson (for those of you who don't remember her, think Hillary Clinton as a brunette with a mullet). Ten seconds later, after I'd threatened to cut something of <strong>his</strong> off, I took the scissors and a 1&1/2 inch piece of cardboard and did my own "layered" look. I made my boyfriend hold the mirror behind me. You didn't think I'd let him have the scissors:lol:

That's my story of Dorothy's Do, which on me was more of a Dorothy's Don't
Rgirl

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

Rgirl, you're a stitch!! :rollin: :rollin: :rollin:

Glad to see I wasn't the only one cursed with a bad Hamill cut.....I've had some pretty wretched cuts in my time.....the worst was when my mom took me to get a cut (this was before I had a real say in how my hair was styled), and Mom had the guy give me an atrocious mullet cut. Since my hair is as straight as Plushenko's, she decided AFTER the cut that we needed to get it permed. You can only imagine the disaster....I looked far more like a poodle than Oksana Baiul ever did. I still haven't forgiven Mom for that one! :rolleyes: :lol:

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

<span style="colorurple;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:small;">When I look back at old photos, I CRINGE!!! What was my mother THINKING? My clothes, my hair! The embarrassment! I have a mission in life to make sure my kid never looks like a dufus.</span>:rollin:

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

That's one of my missions in life (about my kid)....

I've seen photos of my mom during that same timeframe, and given her clothing choices, I'm not surprised at some of the wretched haircuts. I'm convinced someone was pumping nitrous oxide into the ventillation systems at all the malls between 1975 and 1985. How else can you explain the decline in fashion back then?

Re: The Dorothy Hamill 'Do

Never had the "Dorothy Do" (hair to thick and wavy, actually the front of my hair is straighter then the back) but I did have the "Farah Faucet Do" As I get older my hair gets more curly and do I dare say more grey

I had the distinction of being nominated most "freakiest hair" when I was in the 9th grade (back in '74). I don't know why because there were a lot of my classmates that had freakier hair then me! I wanted to be nominated for most popular:smokin: :lol: